A Mini Cooper carrying four teens near Black Forest early Monday ran through a stop sign at about 80 mph, went airborne three times, struck a fence, rotated, pinballed through a set of trees and dropped down an embankment before coming to a rest, according to an accident report.

The crash hurled 17-year-old back-seat passenger Beau Begier, who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, through the car’s convertible roof, according to the Colorado State Patrol report. Begier was killed. In the back seat, 18-year-old Ryan Pappas was also dead.

In the front passenger seat, 17-year-old Mitchell Clark was incapacitated by his injuries.

The only one in the car who wasn’t dead or severely injured was the 17-year-old male driver, who has not been identified. The patrol says he was under the influence of alcohol.

The crash, which shocked the Black Forest community, north of Colorado Springs, was the result of speed and alcohol, the patrol said. The two dead teens had just begun their senior year at nearby Palmer Ridge High School. Clark is a senior at Palmer Ridge.

The driver, who is facing charges of vehicular homicide, had left Palmer Ridge over the summer for a high school in Parker. The Gazette reported he is being held in a juvenile detention center without bail pending a court hearing Friday.

Clark’s parents told The Gazette their son was in fair condition at Penrose Hospital.

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